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Re:Tesla to build 25,000-euro car at German plant by bagels on Monday November 06, 2023 @05:25AM (#38160791)
It was marketed as a $35,000 car, and never sold as such. First editions were all more expensive (long range or dual motor, I forget which)
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Re:Tesla to build 25,000-euro car at German plant by resolutebat on Monday November 06, 2023 @05:31AM (#38160840)
It was exactly $35k in 2019, and even today, despite massive inflation in the five years since, the base model is just under $39k.

https://www.tesla.com/blog/35000-tesla-model-3-available-now

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Re:Tesla to build 25,000-euro car at German plant by Retric on Monday November 06, 2023 @05:38AM (#38160896)
If by “sold” you mean not listed on their website and available if you know a hidden trick and don’t mind black etc then sure.
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Re:Tesla to build 25,000-euro car at German plant by cloutchaser on Monday November 06, 2023 @05:35AM (#38160874)
They did. Then they stopped. https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/16/21569524/tesla-model-3-3...

The model 3 is still the 7th most sold car in 2022.

Is a car company not allowed to raise prices? Like what standard are you holding tesla to? If they can sell a tesla for $42k, why sell it for $35k? Because Elon said so in 2015? That's ridiculous, its just not how markets or companies work. And they DID sell it for $35,000, for a while. So Elon didn't even lie.

Absolutely ridiculous the mental gymnastics some people will go to to hate the guy. Insane.

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Re:Tesla to build 25,000-euro car at German plant by bagels on Monday November 06, 2023 @03:04PM (#38168130)
They sold it for a few days at that price a few years after the car launched. I tried to buy one for that price. They said no.

Of course they can raise prices, but they can also lie about what price the car will be sold at in the future.

I later bought one for more than 35k.

There are no mental gymnastics. Musk said I could buy one at a specific price. Tesla would not sell it to me at that price.

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